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On Fridays at Italian restaurant Capone’s, it is time for live music from electric blues band Bopomofo (ㄅㄆㄇㄈ). On Saturday, drummer Abe Nbugu Kenyatta leads a band playing music from his hometown of New Orleans. Yvonne sings classic jazz tunes Sunday nights. Mondays feature Leavy crooning light standard jazz songs, followed by jazz duo Mary Jane and Nathan on Tuesdays. On Wednesdays, it’s Latin music from guitarist Roberto Zayas. Jazz singer Angel appears on Thursdays.

■ Entrance fee (includes two drinks) ranges from NT$600 to NT$850, depending on the performer

Aboriginal singer and actor Min Hsiung (民雄) appears tonight at Tiehua Music Village (鐵花村), an arts village composed of a music venue, design and crafts shops and a weekend arts fair in Taitung. Formerly known as The Clippers (夾子電動大樂隊), The Clippers Show Time (夾子脫口秀樂團) returns tomorrow.

■ Shows run from 8pm to 10pm. Music venue and crafts shops open 2pm to 10pm Tuesdays through Sundays. Weekend arts fair opens 6pm to 10pm every Friday, 3:30pm to 10pm every Saturday and Sunday

■ NT$250 tonight and tomorrow. Tickets can be purchased online through tickets.books.com.tw

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The Taiwan Book Fest is a platform to meet authors writing books about Taiwan, and a chance to sell your unwanted books. In its second edition, the English-language book festival, which takes place on Sunday, is free and open to anyone wanting to join.

Taipei Discussion and Learning meets every Sunday at Wisteria Tea House (紫藤廬) to hear lectures and discuss topics such as philosophy, science, anthropology, globalization and alternative medicine. All discussions and lectures are conducted in English. This weekend’s lecture is entitled: Recent experiments into how consciousness can affect matter. Thomas Levene will examine the boundary between spirituality and science.